PSA: For all newbie Tanks:

[Xhominid]

Use Flash and/or Overpower(Both if you are a Marauder/Warrior, Flash atleast twice in a row if you are a Gladiator/Paladin).

While yes, it IS important for you guys to use your rotations(The window that accomidates the skill glow yellow when you follow the skill pattern), using Flash/Overpower at the start of dungeon encounters removes ALOT of the potential burden the rest of the party has to deal with. You guys are Tanks, you are designed to be taking everyone's hits so that there won't be no issues.

I'm not saying this to be mean or evil, in fact, I usually tell all the Tanks I see that don't use Flash/Overpower to use them in the most sincere manner possible(until it's been like 2-3 boss encounters and the whole dungeon without it's use, but I digress). If you can't deal with this...then you may need to choose another class.

Sincerely, Xhominid.

[coldreactive]

Also, as a PLD, make sure to use Fast Blade >> Savage Blade >> Rage of Halone in that order. Because I've met a lot of tanks who don't, and will just spam Savage Blade and rage of Halone.

[Teslo]

I prefer Flash x 3 when I'm on Paladin, then maintain hate by switching between targets. If there's more than 3 mobs it's Flash x3, Fast > Riot > Flash > Fast > Riot > Etc... When tanking on WAR I tend to do Flash x2 AND Overpower x2. Never lose healer aggro again with these combos.

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a noobtank run in and flash to the middle of a room and hit one mob, then get all indignant when someone pulls aggro... I'd probably have like... 3 bucks. That's not how flash works! ><

Sadly the noobtanks that we're trying to help won't be reading this, but it's fun to vent!

[Thistledown]

MRD and WAR; crossclass Flash. Flash will not end combos like Overpower does, and you can use it even while Pacified by Berserk. We don't have anything else to use our mana on anyways.

[cookiecutter]

Shouldn't this be posted in the new player section of the forums? I doubt many newbies visit the forums anyway but if they did they'd probably go there.

[Adrian74]

Everyone knows that fracture spam is the best skill for tank and aggro and everything.


(Sorry, I can't just take seriously posts that are not posted in the correct forum section such as TANK ROLES or NEW PLAYER HELP.)

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

MRD and WAR; crossclass Flash. Flash will not end combos like Overpower does, and you can use it even while Pacified by Berserk. We don't have anything else to use our mana on anyways.

When I first started going MRD/WAR I can't tell you how many people laughed at me for using flash. But I almost never have hate problems.

I do get called out for low DPS from time to time but I don't really care, DPSing isn't my job.

[HakuroDK]

I've found the following to be effective:

Shield Lob/Tomahawk
Flash/Overpower
Rotation on primary target
Flash/Overpower
Rotation on primary target
Rotation on secondary targets
Flash/Overpower

Then just do whatever the hell you want while keeping an eye on enmity.

[NyarukoW]

The best advice that a newbie tanks can get is to take things slow. Don't pull more than you are comfortable with. If you get over-geared level synced DPS with a bad attitude, let them get aggro and die. The touch it they own it, and if they die from them, it is their own fault. Flash helps, but you are not going to out aggro BRDs and BLMs who do not know how to use quelling strike. If they are impatient and want to AOE everything before you can even get your ROH combo off, they got the mobs they own it. Players like that deliberately making the tank's job hard are not even worth the provoke to get the mob back. And if those players that should know better start up with the verbal abuse, report them to the GM and attach the chat log with evidence of all their insults.

[Shougun]

Don't forget the now buffed Circle of Scorn, generates enmity (since patch) and is off GCD. Ooooh pretty! :P